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" The noble indignation with which he repelled the charge of treason against his country — the eloquent vindication of his name — and his pathetic appeal to posterity, in the hopeless hour of condemnation^— all these entered deeply into every generous... "
Selections, from Several Literary Works: Comprising The Declaration of ... - Page 80
edited by - 1824 - 153 pages
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The Casket

1828 - 400 pages
...intelligent — so generous — so brave — su every thing that we are apt to like in a young man. His conduct under trial, too, was so lofty and intrepid....country, the eloquent vindication of his name, and nil pathetic appeal to posterity, in the hopeless hour of condemnation — all these entered deeply...
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The Beauties of Washington Irving, Esq. ...

Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...intelligent — so generous — so brave — so every thing that we are apt to like in a young man. His conduct under trial, too, was so lofty and intrepid....lamented the stern policy that dictated his execution.* * This ill-starred youth was the son of Dr Emmet, a gentleman of fortune and family, whose mind was...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - American essays - 1831 - 518 pages
...intelligent — so generous — so brave — so every thing that we are apt to like in a young man. His conduct under trial, too, was so lofty and intrepid....pathetic appeal to posterity, in the hopeless hour of condamnation — all these entered deeply into every generous bosom, and even his enemies lamented...
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The Magnolia, Or, Literary Tablet, Volume 1

Aesthetics - 1834 - 428 pages
...was so young, ^> intelligent, so brave, so every thing that we are apt to like in a young man. His conduct under trial too was so lofty and intrepid....name — and his pathetic appeal to posterity, in the hour of condemnation — a!I theso entered deeply into every generous bosom — and even his enemies...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...intelligent' — so generous' — so brave' — so every thing that we are apt to like in a young man'. His conduct under trial', too', was so lofty and intrepid'....the eloquent vindication of his name' — and his pathetick appeal to posterity', in the hopeless hour of condemnation' — all these entered deeply...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...and intrepid. The noble indignation with ^JjdWu' repelled the charge of treason against his county— the eloquent vindication of his name — and his pathetic...lamented the stern policy that dictated his execution. l!ut there was one heart, whose anguish it would be impossible to describe. In happier days and fairer...
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The Beauties of Washington Irving

Washington Irving - American essays - 1835 - 284 pages
...intelligent — so generous — so brave — so every thing that we are apt to like ma young man. His conduct under trial, too, was so lofty and intrepid. The noble indignation witb which he repelled the charge of treason agamst his country — the eloquent vindication of his...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

1839 - 256 pages
...intelligent — so generous — so brave — so every thing that we are apt to like in a young man. His conduct under trial, too, was so lofty and intrepid....condemnation — all these entered deeply into every gen erous bosom, and even his enemies lamented th^stern policy that dictated his execution. 5.., But...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...so every thing that we are apt to like in a young man'. His conduct under trial', too', was so isfty and intrepid'. The noble indignation with which he...the eloquent vindication of his name' — and his pathetick appeal to posterity', in the hopeless hour of condemnation' — all these entered deeply...
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Sketches from a Student's Window

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - American literature - 1841 - 328 pages
...him ; and he perished on the scaffold. The circumstances which attended his fate, however, entered into every generous bosom, and even his enemies lamented the stern policy which dictated his execution. " But there was one heart whose anguish it would be impossible to describe....
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